Draze, Mayor Ed Murray and others on stage for the creation of a time capsule honoring the Seattle hip hop scene. (Photo by Jama Adbirahman

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.